On July 4th, 2006, I embarked on a quest to become the pre-eminent American portrait painter of the 21st century. This blog chronicles that journey. With apologies to Joan Didion, I call it THE YEAR OF MAGICAL PAINTING.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Live-blogging this whole Pope business (with a 12-hour delay)

Black smoke last night. No Pope yet. What I don't understand is this: If somebody can manage to sneak a camera into Mitt Romney's private "47 %" speech, I don't see why somebody isn't filming the conclave from inside and smuggling it out. An alter boy maybe. It'd be fun to hear what they're saying.

Prediction: I see the groups backing the favorites being irreconcilably separated. After several votes, I see Sean O'Malley sneaking through as the compromise candidate. Go Red Sox!